Turas Siar 388 - Riocard Ó Bruadair as an Mullach Rua, beannacht Dé lena anam, faoi agallamh ag Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG. Craoladh an píosa seo ar an 17ú Meán Fómhair 2004.
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Scanraigh sé mé go deimhin.
It certainly frightened me.
Fuair mé litir ó bheadh sí ar shon.
I got a letter as if it were from her..
Rud a stráití le Fianna Fáil.
Something that was destroyed by Fianna Fáil.
Bhí mé leath leathchéad ós cionn leathchéad amháin.
I was half fifty over fifty-one.
Bhí tú i do bhall, bhí tú i do bhall le Fianna Fáil ar feadh leathchéad bliain.
You were a member, you were a member of Fianna Fáil for fifty years.
Feadh leathchéad bliain bhí fuair tú litir uaidh, fuair mé litir uaidh agus ainm scríofa air ag glacadh buíochas liom leis an méid obair a bhí déanta agam ar an fhad sin agam.
For half a century you got a letter from him, I got a letter from him and his name written on it thanking me for all the work I had done for that length of time.
Agus cén chaoi ar tharla sé go ndeachaigh do mhuintir le Fianna Fáil, bhfuil aon eolas agat?
And how did it happen that your people went with Fianna Fáil, do you have any information?
Níl aon eolas agam, a stór.
I have no information, my dear.
Níl aon eolas agam go deimhin duine muinteartha dom, tá a fhios agam.
I have no information for certain about a relative of mine, I know...
An t-ainm Mártan Ó Bruadair ba é a chuir m'ainm síos.
It was the name Mártan Ó Bruadair that put my name down.
le bheith red stráice agus d'íoc sé féin an t-airgead an uair sin le m'ainm a chur síos an bhfuil a fhios agat?
to be honest and he himself paid the money then to put my name down do you know?